Photos from DPRK (North Korea) 2008- 2014

 All these photos were taken quite openly on visits to North Korea (DPRK) between 2008 and 2014.  As well as Pyongyang (평양), the capital of DPRK, I visited the DMZ at Panmunjom, Nampo, Wansan, and the areas around Mount Myohyang and Mount Kumgang.

In the area of Mt Myohyang, DPRK, 2009


Monument built in 1995 for the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Workers' Party, Pyongyang.  Kim Il Sung added the scholar's brush to the hammer and sickle to symbolize the contribution of intellectuals to the revolution. 2010


Mt. Myohyang 2009


New Zealand Friendship Farm 2010


New Zealand Friendship Farm 2010


From my room on the 7th floor of the Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang, DPRK, 2008


 The two towers of the Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang, DPRK, 2009

 

Dining Room, Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang, DPRK, 2008


A boy on a farm near Pyongyang, 2009


The Daedong River from my room in the Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang, 2014


With Mr Pak at the Museum of the Fatherland, Pyongyang, 2014


Sunset over the Daedong River, from the Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang, 2014


Mt Kumgang area, 2014


Massed games in the May Day Stadium, Pyongyang, DPRK, 2014

  

Massed games in the May Day Stadium, Pyongyang, DPRK, 2014


A singing lesson, Kumsong College, Pyongyang, DPRK, 2014

   

Looking over the Daedong River, Pyongyang, DPRK, 2014

 

Mt Kumgang, DPRK, 2014


Mt Kumgang, DPRK, 2014


Soldiers near Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the mausoleum for Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, Pyongyang, DPRK, 2014


At the Pyongyang circus, DPRK, 2014


In a Pyongyang Hospital, 2011


Girl on a bicycle, Nampo, 2011



With a group of children on their school walking trip, Pyongyang, DPRK, 2011


Pyongyang classroom, 2011


Bakery, Bongsu Church, Pyongyang, 2011


At Pohyon-sa, a Korean Buddhist temple in Hyangsan county in North Pyong'an Province, within the Myohyang Mountains, DPRK, 2009



At the school at the NZ Friendship Farm, 2011